How to find/construct functions $f(n)$ and $g(n)$ such that $lim_{nto infty} f(n)e + g(n) = 0:?$
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Here, all $f(n)$ and $g(n)$ mentioned, are functions that assume integers values for some integer $n>0$.
If $n>0$ and integer, we have that $I_n = int_0^1 x^ne^xdx = f(n)e+g(n)$ where $f(n)=(-1)^n!n$ and $g(n) = (-1)^{n+1}n!$ and $lim_{nto infty} f(n)e + g(n) = 0$. To find $f$ and $g$ above we can evaluate $I_0, I_1,I_2,...$ until a pattern is finded. And the limit is here $lim_{n to infty} (-1)^n !ne+ (-1)^{(n+1)} n! = 0 : ?$
After that I wonder if there are other functions $f(n)$ and $g(n)$ such that $lim_{nto infty} f(n)e + g(n) = 0:?$ How to find they? What is the process of creating they?
I'm asking this because I wanted to do something similar for the catalan constant, that is, finding functions $f(n),g(n)$ such that $lim_{ntoinfty}f(n)(C-1)+g(n)C = 0$.
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Here, all $f(n)$ and $g(n)$ mentioned, are functions that assume integers values for some integer $n>0$.
If $n>0$ and integer, we have that $I_n = int_0^1 x^ne^xdx = f(n)e+g(n)$ where $f(n)=(-1)^n!n$ and $g(n) = (-1)^{n+1}n!$ and $lim_{nto infty} f(n)e + g(n) = 0$. To find $f$ and $g$ above we can evaluate $I_0, I_1,I_2,...$ until a pattern is finded. And the limit is here $lim_{n to infty} (-1)^n !ne+ (-1)^{(n+1)} n! = 0 : ?$
After that I wonder if there are other functions $f(n)$ and $g(n)$ such that $lim_{nto infty} f(n)e + g(n) = 0:?$ How to find they? What is the process of creating they?
I'm asking this because I wanted to do something similar for the catalan constant, that is, finding functions $f(n),g(n)$ such that $lim_{ntoinfty}f(n)(C-1)+g(n)C = 0$.
real-analysis number-theory
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take a function f(n) arbitrarily and put g(n)=-f(n)e.
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– Minz
Dec 12 '18 at 4:16
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Are there some condition(s) that $f,g$ must satisfy? Because if not then if you let $f,g$ be sequences with limit zero at infinity, your required limit will hold trivially.
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– GovernmentFX
Dec 12 '18 at 4:17
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@GovernmentFX $f,g$ must be always integers, for some positive integer $n$.
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– Pinteco
Dec 12 '18 at 4:24
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Since $e$ is irrational ${ne+m:n,m in mathbb Z}$ is dense in $mathbb R}$.
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– Kavi Rama Murthy
Dec 12 '18 at 5:36
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Here, all $f(n)$ and $g(n)$ mentioned, are functions that assume integers values for some integer $n>0$.
If $n>0$ and integer, we have that $I_n = int_0^1 x^ne^xdx = f(n)e+g(n)$ where $f(n)=(-1)^n!n$ and $g(n) = (-1)^{n+1}n!$ and $lim_{nto infty} f(n)e + g(n) = 0$. To find $f$ and $g$ above we can evaluate $I_0, I_1,I_2,...$ until a pattern is finded. And the limit is here $lim_{n to infty} (-1)^n !ne+ (-1)^{(n+1)} n! = 0 : ?$
After that I wonder if there are other functions $f(n)$ and $g(n)$ such that $lim_{nto infty} f(n)e + g(n) = 0:?$ How to find they? What is the process of creating they?
I'm asking this because I wanted to do something similar for the catalan constant, that is, finding functions $f(n),g(n)$ such that $lim_{ntoinfty}f(n)(C-1)+g(n)C = 0$.
real-analysis number-theory
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Here, all $f(n)$ and $g(n)$ mentioned, are functions that assume integers values for some integer $n>0$.
If $n>0$ and integer, we have that $I_n = int_0^1 x^ne^xdx = f(n)e+g(n)$ where $f(n)=(-1)^n!n$ and $g(n) = (-1)^{n+1}n!$ and $lim_{nto infty} f(n)e + g(n) = 0$. To find $f$ and $g$ above we can evaluate $I_0, I_1,I_2,...$ until a pattern is finded. And the limit is here $lim_{n to infty} (-1)^n !ne+ (-1)^{(n+1)} n! = 0 : ?$
After that I wonder if there are other functions $f(n)$ and $g(n)$ such that $lim_{nto infty} f(n)e + g(n) = 0:?$ How to find they? What is the process of creating they?
I'm asking this because I wanted to do something similar for the catalan constant, that is, finding functions $f(n),g(n)$ such that $lim_{ntoinfty}f(n)(C-1)+g(n)C = 0$.
real-analysis number-theory
real-analysis number-theory
edited Dec 12 '18 at 4:26
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take a function f(n) arbitrarily and put g(n)=-f(n)e.
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– Minz
Dec 12 '18 at 4:16
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Are there some condition(s) that $f,g$ must satisfy? Because if not then if you let $f,g$ be sequences with limit zero at infinity, your required limit will hold trivially.
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– GovernmentFX
Dec 12 '18 at 4:17
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@GovernmentFX $f,g$ must be always integers, for some positive integer $n$.
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– Pinteco
Dec 12 '18 at 4:24
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Since $e$ is irrational ${ne+m:n,m in mathbb Z}$ is dense in $mathbb R}$.
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– Kavi Rama Murthy
Dec 12 '18 at 5:36
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take a function f(n) arbitrarily and put g(n)=-f(n)e.
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– Minz
Dec 12 '18 at 4:16
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Are there some condition(s) that $f,g$ must satisfy? Because if not then if you let $f,g$ be sequences with limit zero at infinity, your required limit will hold trivially.
$endgroup$
– GovernmentFX
Dec 12 '18 at 4:17
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@GovernmentFX $f,g$ must be always integers, for some positive integer $n$.
$endgroup$
– Pinteco
Dec 12 '18 at 4:24
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Since $e$ is irrational ${ne+m:n,m in mathbb Z}$ is dense in $mathbb R}$.
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– Kavi Rama Murthy
Dec 12 '18 at 5:36
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take a function f(n) arbitrarily and put g(n)=-f(n)e.
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– Minz
Dec 12 '18 at 4:16
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take a function f(n) arbitrarily and put g(n)=-f(n)e.
$endgroup$
– Minz
Dec 12 '18 at 4:16
$begingroup$
Are there some condition(s) that $f,g$ must satisfy? Because if not then if you let $f,g$ be sequences with limit zero at infinity, your required limit will hold trivially.
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– GovernmentFX
Dec 12 '18 at 4:17
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Are there some condition(s) that $f,g$ must satisfy? Because if not then if you let $f,g$ be sequences with limit zero at infinity, your required limit will hold trivially.
$endgroup$
– GovernmentFX
Dec 12 '18 at 4:17
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@GovernmentFX $f,g$ must be always integers, for some positive integer $n$.
$endgroup$
– Pinteco
Dec 12 '18 at 4:24
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@GovernmentFX $f,g$ must be always integers, for some positive integer $n$.
$endgroup$
– Pinteco
Dec 12 '18 at 4:24
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Since $e$ is irrational ${ne+m:n,m in mathbb Z}$ is dense in $mathbb R}$.
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– Kavi Rama Murthy
Dec 12 '18 at 5:36
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Since $e$ is irrational ${ne+m:n,m in mathbb Z}$ is dense in $mathbb R}$.
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– Kavi Rama Murthy
Dec 12 '18 at 5:36
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Here's one way to do it. It's well defined but doesn't give you a way to compute $f(n)$ or $g(n)$ very efficiently.
consider the fractional part of $e cdot n$, here written $mathrm{F}(e cdot n)$ .
Let's define $f$ as follows.
$$ f(1) stackrel{df}{=} 1 $$
$$ f(n) stackrel{df}{=} min bigg{ k ;|; k in mathbb{N} ;land; k gt f(n-1) ;land; mathrm{F}(e cdot k) lt mathrm{F}(e cdot f(n-1)) bigg} $$
So, each successive value in the sequence $f(n)$ is sent to the smallest natural number possible such that $mathrm{F}(,f(n) cdot e,)$ is strictly monotonically decreasing. The extra condition $k gt f(n-1)$ is, strictly speaking, redundant.
And then we define $g$ to be the floor of $e cdot f(n)$ .
$$ g(n) stackrel{df}{=} leftlfloor e cdot f(n) rightrfloor $$
Here are the first few values of $f(n)$
n f(n) exp(f(n))
1 1 2.7182817
2 2 5.4365635
3 3 8.154845
4 7 19.027973
5 39 106.012985
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Here's one way to do it. It's well defined but doesn't give you a way to compute $f(n)$ or $g(n)$ very efficiently.
consider the fractional part of $e cdot n$, here written $mathrm{F}(e cdot n)$ .
Let's define $f$ as follows.
$$ f(1) stackrel{df}{=} 1 $$
$$ f(n) stackrel{df}{=} min bigg{ k ;|; k in mathbb{N} ;land; k gt f(n-1) ;land; mathrm{F}(e cdot k) lt mathrm{F}(e cdot f(n-1)) bigg} $$
So, each successive value in the sequence $f(n)$ is sent to the smallest natural number possible such that $mathrm{F}(,f(n) cdot e,)$ is strictly monotonically decreasing. The extra condition $k gt f(n-1)$ is, strictly speaking, redundant.
And then we define $g$ to be the floor of $e cdot f(n)$ .
$$ g(n) stackrel{df}{=} leftlfloor e cdot f(n) rightrfloor $$
Here are the first few values of $f(n)$
n f(n) exp(f(n))
1 1 2.7182817
2 2 5.4365635
3 3 8.154845
4 7 19.027973
5 39 106.012985
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Here's one way to do it. It's well defined but doesn't give you a way to compute $f(n)$ or $g(n)$ very efficiently.
consider the fractional part of $e cdot n$, here written $mathrm{F}(e cdot n)$ .
Let's define $f$ as follows.
$$ f(1) stackrel{df}{=} 1 $$
$$ f(n) stackrel{df}{=} min bigg{ k ;|; k in mathbb{N} ;land; k gt f(n-1) ;land; mathrm{F}(e cdot k) lt mathrm{F}(e cdot f(n-1)) bigg} $$
So, each successive value in the sequence $f(n)$ is sent to the smallest natural number possible such that $mathrm{F}(,f(n) cdot e,)$ is strictly monotonically decreasing. The extra condition $k gt f(n-1)$ is, strictly speaking, redundant.
And then we define $g$ to be the floor of $e cdot f(n)$ .
$$ g(n) stackrel{df}{=} leftlfloor e cdot f(n) rightrfloor $$
Here are the first few values of $f(n)$
n f(n) exp(f(n))
1 1 2.7182817
2 2 5.4365635
3 3 8.154845
4 7 19.027973
5 39 106.012985
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add a comment |
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Here's one way to do it. It's well defined but doesn't give you a way to compute $f(n)$ or $g(n)$ very efficiently.
consider the fractional part of $e cdot n$, here written $mathrm{F}(e cdot n)$ .
Let's define $f$ as follows.
$$ f(1) stackrel{df}{=} 1 $$
$$ f(n) stackrel{df}{=} min bigg{ k ;|; k in mathbb{N} ;land; k gt f(n-1) ;land; mathrm{F}(e cdot k) lt mathrm{F}(e cdot f(n-1)) bigg} $$
So, each successive value in the sequence $f(n)$ is sent to the smallest natural number possible such that $mathrm{F}(,f(n) cdot e,)$ is strictly monotonically decreasing. The extra condition $k gt f(n-1)$ is, strictly speaking, redundant.
And then we define $g$ to be the floor of $e cdot f(n)$ .
$$ g(n) stackrel{df}{=} leftlfloor e cdot f(n) rightrfloor $$
Here are the first few values of $f(n)$
n f(n) exp(f(n))
1 1 2.7182817
2 2 5.4365635
3 3 8.154845
4 7 19.027973
5 39 106.012985
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Here's one way to do it. It's well defined but doesn't give you a way to compute $f(n)$ or $g(n)$ very efficiently.
consider the fractional part of $e cdot n$, here written $mathrm{F}(e cdot n)$ .
Let's define $f$ as follows.
$$ f(1) stackrel{df}{=} 1 $$
$$ f(n) stackrel{df}{=} min bigg{ k ;|; k in mathbb{N} ;land; k gt f(n-1) ;land; mathrm{F}(e cdot k) lt mathrm{F}(e cdot f(n-1)) bigg} $$
So, each successive value in the sequence $f(n)$ is sent to the smallest natural number possible such that $mathrm{F}(,f(n) cdot e,)$ is strictly monotonically decreasing. The extra condition $k gt f(n-1)$ is, strictly speaking, redundant.
And then we define $g$ to be the floor of $e cdot f(n)$ .
$$ g(n) stackrel{df}{=} leftlfloor e cdot f(n) rightrfloor $$
Here are the first few values of $f(n)$
n f(n) exp(f(n))
1 1 2.7182817
2 2 5.4365635
3 3 8.154845
4 7 19.027973
5 39 106.012985
edited Dec 12 '18 at 5:29
answered Dec 12 '18 at 5:21
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take a function f(n) arbitrarily and put g(n)=-f(n)e.
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– Minz
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Are there some condition(s) that $f,g$ must satisfy? Because if not then if you let $f,g$ be sequences with limit zero at infinity, your required limit will hold trivially.
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– GovernmentFX
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@GovernmentFX $f,g$ must be always integers, for some positive integer $n$.
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– Pinteco
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Since $e$ is irrational ${ne+m:n,m in mathbb Z}$ is dense in $mathbb R}$.
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– Kavi Rama Murthy
Dec 12 '18 at 5:36